Definition of Proteolytic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to proteolysis.

Partainyms: Proteolysis
Derivative terms: Proteolysis

Definition of Proteolytic

1. a. Converting proteid or albuminous matter into soluble and diffusible products, as peptones.

Definition of Proteolytic

1. Adjective. (biochemistry) Of, relating to, or promoting proteolysis. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Proteolytic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Proteolytic

proteobacterial
proteobacterium
proteoclastic
proteogenic
proteogenomic
proteogenomics
proteoglycan
proteoglycans
proteolipid
proteolipids
proteoliposome
proteoliposomes
proteolysed
proteolyses
proteolysis
proteolytic (current term)
proteolytic enzyme
proteolytical
proteolytically
proteolyze
proteolyzed
proteolyzes
proteolyzing
proteome
proteomes
proteomic
proteomicist
proteomicists
proteomics
proteomimetic

Literary usage of Proteolytic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Physical Chemistry of the Proteins by Thorburn Brailsford Robertson (1918)
"In the third place if the proteolytic enzymes are proteins or peptids, ... The possibility is thus indicated that the proteolytic ferments may exist in two ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"Miiller and Kolaczek found a marked proteolytic action exerted by fresh pus diluted 640 times, this effect being inhibited by the addition of from five to ..."

3. A Textbook of Organic Chemistry by Joseph Scudder Chamberlain (1921)
"proteolytic Enzymes.—The enzymes which hydrolyze proteins are called ... Pepsin, the proteolytic enzyme present in the gastric juice of the stomach. ..."

4. A Text-book of Physiological Chemistry for Students of Medicine and Physicians by Charles Edmund Simon (1907)
"The proteolytic Ferments (Proteases).—These comprise the common digestive ferments of the stomach and pancreas, viz., pepsin und trypsin ; the autolytic ..."

5. A Text Book of General Bacteriology by William Dodge Frost, Eugene Franklin McCampbell (1910)
"proteolytic Enzymes. — The proteolytic enzymes of bacteria resemble in their ... There is a proteolytic enyzme which is secreted by a large variety of ..."

6. A Text-book of General Bacteriology by William Dodge Frost, Eugene Franklin McCampbell (1910)
"These enzymes are, in the main, proteolytic. ... There is a proteolytic enyzme which is secreted by a large variety of bacteria which dissolves or ..."

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